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How do you draw shapes with a specific number of sides at the Shape Workshop ?

Shape Workshop

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In this lesson you will learnhow to draw shapes with a specific number of sides by

examining the number of sides.

Let’s Review

It’s any closed figure with straight sides.

What is a polygon?

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A 2d shape is a shape that only has length and width. It is a flat shape.

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Attributes are categories we use to describe objects.

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Food Groups

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The number of sides is an attribute that helps us construct shapes.

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Core Lesson

At the Shape Workshop, we have been asked to construct polygons with 5 sides. What

shapes could we construct?

These shapes are pentagons.

Core Lesson

The boss at the Shape Workshop has given us three pieces of wood to work with. What

shapes could we construct?

These shapes are triangles.

Core Lesson

The boss at the Shape Workshop gave workers 6 pieces of wood. He asked them to make a polygon using all six of those pieces. Which

one made the proper shape?

Core Lesson

What other shapes can we make with those 6 pieces of wood that the boss would have accepted?

These shapes are hexagons.

In this lesson you have learned how to draw shapes with a specific number of sides by examining the

number of sides.